"The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined. Their homes can be invaded." ~ Vance Packard

U.S. Dollar: Mother of All Bubbles

Jesse's Cafe Americain: The USD as the world's reserve currency, and the unusual period of U.S. prosperity, is a non-historical artifact of the post World War II era that will not continue indefinitely. When the reversion to the mean occurs, it is likely that the dollar will have to be reissued as 'the new dollar' similarly to the rouble in the post-Soviet adjustment.